Environment

General Motors Corporate Responsibility Newsletter - May 2016

General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a new life: noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. The bottles – collected from five of its Michigan facilities – are also being turned into air filtration components and insulation in coats for the homeless community.

Research & Reports

Shining a Light on the Climate Benefits of Natural Infrastructure

Research & Reports

Operating in a Carbon-Constrained World

AI & Technology

Lockheed Martin Enables Advanced Infrastructure

Lockheed Martin’s 2015 Sustainability Report details how we manage and achieve progress in Product Performance. Our objective is to innovate to deliver optimal economic and performance value over the life cycle of our products. Our focus on performance and sustainability ensures safe, reliable, affordable products that support our customers’ missions of national security, citizen services and sustainable development.

Education & Workforce Development

GM and NWF Partner to Enhance Sustainability Education

General Motors and the National Wildlife Federation are partnering to increase environmental education in schools. The new GM Eco-Green program will connect NWF’s network of over 3,700 participating Eco-Schools with local GM non-manufacturing facilities, dealers and suppliers. GM Eco-Green is NWF’s first large corporate-sponsored environmental outreach program, reaching hundreds of students through community-based sustainability activities.

Environment

Talk With Green Guy Show - Former NJ Governor, Christine Todd Whitman and Scott Sadler, Green Chamber of the South

Hear Former New Jersey Governor, Christine Todd Whitman, and Scott Sadler of Green Chamber of the South on Talk with Green Guy

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

The Carbon in our Food

“If food waste were a country by itself, it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and the United States.”

Corporate Responsibility

Translating the Climate Agreement into Business Strategies: BSR's Four-Part Methodology

Now that 175 countries have signed the Paris Agreement, and the high-level legal treaty on climate is becoming a tangible reality, companies need to address a key question: What does the agreement mean for me?

Environment

Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Keep America Beautiful Now Accepting Applications for 2016 Park Recycling Bin Grant Program

With more beverages being consumed away from home and on-the-go, it’s increasingly important to make recycling more convenient by providing more away-from-home opportunities to recycle. The Dr Pepper Snapple Group/Keep America Beautiful Park Recycling Bin Grant Program – which opened its 2016 application process today – does just that.

Awards & Rankings

Leonardo Academy Supports Foreman Brother’s, Inc. Clean Diesel Projects

Foreman Brothers, Inc. recently completed the diesel emissions reduction improvements of eight trucks supported by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2015-2016 Region 5 Grant. The grant was facilitated by Leonardo Academy, The Sustainability Experts®, a Wisconsin nonprofit organization and staunch supporter of Clean Diesel improvement projects.

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